Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN Saturday night drew 542,000 viewers per Sports TV Ratings.
In addition, the event drew 207,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo. The event featured Denis Shafikov as he defeated Jamel Herring via TKO.
PBC on ESPN
July 11, 2015 – (Thurman-Collazo) 800,000
August 1, 2015 – (Garcia-Malignaggi) 1.073M
August 31, 2015 (Mares-Santa Cruz) – 1.217M viewers
October 14, 2015 (Alexander-Martinez) – 428,000 viewers
November 25, 2015 (Lara-Zavek) – 482,000 viewers
July 2, 2016 (Shafikov-Herring) -542,000 viewers
Payout Perspective:
The ratings improved on the last 2 times PBC aired on ESPN. In addition, this edition of PBC on ESPN did not really have a known fighter to the casual audience. Thus, the 542,000 viewers is a good rating although it might have taken advantage that there was no MMA or big boxing cards for the July 4th weekend.
decent but nothing special, especially for a Saturday night. But then when you have no star power, this is to be expected of a contender level card
Will, I agree 100%